CVE-2009-0340

Exp

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Simple PHP Newsletter 1.5 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the olang parameter to (1) mail.php and (2) mailbar.php.

Published: 2009-01-29 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-0340 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.29%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2009-0340

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
7813 exploit_db edb 2009-01-16 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-0340

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-21 2.59% 3.29% +0.71%
2 2026-01-29 2.32% 2.59% +0.26%
3 2025-12-31 — 2.32% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-0340

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-0340

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-0340

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
quirm simple_php_newsletter 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:quirm:simple_php_newsletter:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-0340

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